29 March 2012
PRESS RELEASE NPG Bocholt nv
NPG Bocholt nv is a recently founded joint-venture between NPG energy nv (NPG) and Hendrigo bvba which aims to develop a biogas plant in Bocholt at the agricultural company of Lode Hendrix.
This new biogas plant will have a production capacity of 2.8 MW and we aim to start with the construction in the last quarter of 2012. And this when the new guidelines regarding the support for sustainable production installations are known by minister Freya Van den Bossche.
The biogas plant will mainly ferment manure and energy maize that is supplied from the big farm next to the new biogas installation and various farms from the neighborhood on the one hand. On the other hand, the energy maize is locally cultivated in close cooperation with local farmers within a radius of 15 km. The resulting environmentally friendly biogas is partially converted to electricity through cogeneration (CHP) that will be injected on the local network. The heat resulting from this process will be used to dry the digestate before they will be returned to the country as highly qualified fertilizers. This creates a closed cycle and a saving of large quantities of inorganic fertilization.
For NPG energy, who is responsible for the technical and operational management of the biogas plant, the development of a second biogas installation in Limburg of importance to achieve his goals for the development of a balanced portfolio in the Benelux for at least 150 MW.
Lode Hendrix, Jacques Adam and André Jurres of NPG Bocholt nv explain: “The total investment amounts approximately 11 million euros. With the initial capacity of 2.8 MW this plant can provide 6.500 households with green energy which equals to a reduction of 10.000 tons of CO2 a year.
Thanks to the excellent support of the province and the proper preparation of Hendrigo bvba, NPG Bocholt nv is capable to develop this investment.
NPG Bocholt nv:
Head office:
Maastrichtersteenweg 523, b3
3700 Tongeren
Site:
Kreyelerstraat 7
3950 Bocholt
Shareholders:
- Hendrigo bvba
Company profile
The agricultural company will supply 6.000 tons of manure to the biogas plant which is half of the required need of manure of the new biogas installation and which will considerably reduce the amount of cargo movements.
Contact person
Lode Hendrix: + 32 (0) 496 56 47 43, e-mail:
- NPG energy nv.
Company profile
NPG is directed by two experienced energy specialists who are since the beginning of the liberalization active in the Belgian energy market.
NPG also has other energy projects in development and management, based on proven technologies including biomass, wind, cogeneration and solar.
Since early 2011 Roger van Gestel joins the team of NPG energy and NPG started with the development of sustainable projects in the Netherlands.
From 2002 to 2007, Jacques Adam worked as a specialist consultant at Essent Belgium for different projects and regulations. He was responsible for the development of Essent Belgium in Wallonia. Andre Jurres is founder (2001) and former CEO of Essent Belgium (until 09/2006). Previously, he was for eleven years active in the telecom sector.
www.npgenergy.be
Contact person
André Jurres: +32 (0)12 441 999, e-mail: